Should Agricultural Subsidies be stopped?

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Agricultural Subsidies be stopped

Should agricultural subsidies stopped or not has been topic of talk shows without proper representatives from farming side  ,According to my opinion agriculture subsidy should not be stopped as our agriculture contribute 15% to our GDP and 60% of total employment beside it we know that our economy is agriculture dependent and beside it 95% of farmer comes under small land holding farmer who are not able to do cultivation without subsidies. We know that agriculture input is crucial thing for cultivation of land and our farmer can not afford that much of costly input.

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agriculture subsidies should be removed or not

I think instead of stopping agriculture subsidy we should focus on.

Agriculture policy which restrict the produce within the state some state not allow to sell or buying the produce in other state which increase the cost and inflation also along with this.

To impose levied duty on essential commodities,

And monopoly condition in procurement of produce (cotton in Maharastra).

All these factor cause huge cost to farmer and less price for their produce.

Along with these farmer can not afford the costly fertilizer which is important factor to increase yield also and if govt will not provide subsidy than how farmer can produce and fulfill the consumption need of India.

Obstacles for the farmer.

1. Indian farmers have less land and are basically illiterate or less educated.
2. Obstacles to understand and apply the technology.
3. Government Subsidies don’t reach to themselves as the larger part of the subsidies are theft by the middlemen or bought by the rich farmers.
4. Gambling is done during monsoon.
5. The Infrastructure of Storing Crop, like Cold Storage is not available on every area -this is why 30% of Yearly Production of Vegetables in India are rotten.

Government should take appropriate steps to face these challenges.
Providing higher rate of subsidies to the marginal farmers and lower rate to the rich farmers.
Providing appropriate teaching of innovative methods to every farmer.
Growth of Canal and Tank Irrigation.
Low Rate Loans and Crop Insurance Facility should be provided.
The Govt should also inspect the Proper Distribution of Subsidy.
This is how the Government should meet the challenges and ensure the Farm Productivity.

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149 Responses to Should Agricultural Subsidies be stopped?

  1. Dharmendra Singh says:

    to my mind i don’t think so to stop the subsidy in agriculture because the 100% people of India are depend upon the agriculture. today’s scenario our farmers have inf resource govt. have help them and agriculture contribute in our GDP and economy growth.

  2. anil shakya says:

    according to me agriculture good should be so that because agriculture should be good .This is my openion . agriculture will not become .this is village of people . it have should be agriculture.

  3. Prateeksha Agnihotri says:

    ACCORDING TO ME AGRICULTURAL SUBSIDIES SHOULD NOT BE STOOPED. WHILE DOING SO THERE WOULD BE INCREASE IN COST IN DIFFERENT SECTORSS. AS 60% POPULATION IS DEPENDENT ON AGRICULTURAL SO IT SHOULD NOT BE STOOPED. MOST OF THE COTTAGE INDUSTRIES WHICH ARE INCREASING NOW A DAYS JUST AS PER THE GUIDANCE GIVEN BY MOST OF THE PARLIYAMENT MEMBERS IF WE STOOPED OUR AGRICULTURAL SUBSIDIES THEN WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO OUR INDIA EMPLOYBILITY RATE. ANOTHER POINT OF CONSIDERATIOPN IS THAT IS WELL KNOWN THAT AFTER THE FDI COMMENCEMENT THERE IS ALSO DEPLOYMENT IN SUCCESSION RATE OF EMPLOYBILITY . SO WE SHOULD NOT STOP AGRICULTURAL SUBSIDIES. MOST OF THE DAIRY PRODUCT FOR WHICH NOT ONLY THE RURAL AREAS BUT URBAN AREAS ARE ALSO DEPENDENT ARE ALL INCLUDES IN AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITY..SO I AM AGAINST OF THIS. AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES ENHANCEMENT SHOULD MOREOVER BE DONE BY US. ATLEAST WE SHOULD LEAVE OUR AMBIVILENCE NATURE OVER HERE.

  4. Rahul Atri says:

    The Indian farmers which contributes a lot to Indian economy, which was the main occupation of Indians for past century, but these farmers are the people which are always left with a unfair amount of share of their goods. The financial conditions of the farmers are not good. They are mostly found suppressed with a lot of loan to do their work. Even we had seen a lot of suicide commits in India during last few years. So, it is a part of tribute that can be offered to the Indian farmers which loose their life serving the crops for the country.

  5. Pallavi Kaurav says:

    today rape case are common as thief.due to government problem.everybody knows the delhi current rape affair.the damini has died but still rapist are leave why? due to government problem.
    Delhi rape case is a big issue for girls.girls are really not safe today due to dogise rapist.girlls can not feeling well after Delhi rape case because it is very difficult to indian peoples to live without family on to the road.girls are not safe but its not only for girls many of the ladies and babies are also suffering from this problem.today is 3rd january and today india is close for delhi rape affected girl called damini.
    government should take strict action against rapist.

  6. Pallavi Kaurav says:

    Delhi rape case is a big issue for girls.girls are really not safe today due to dogise rapist.girlls can not feeling well after Delhi rape case because it is very difficult to indian peoples to live without family on to the road.girls are not safe but its not only for girls many of the ladies and babies are also suffering from this problem.today is 3rd january and today india is close for delhi rape affected girl called damini.
    government should take strict action against rapist.

  7. vinay prajapati says:

    strongly oppose to FDI, because we already lost our country by leaving other countries to enter into our India, again we should not leave our mother country. Indians are having good skill. Indians are worth to set up Indian companies similar to Walmart. Even new technologies can be brought by us people also

  8. Anil Rathor says:

    we are already lacking behind in agriculture so if we want any improvement and innovations then Agricultural subsidies shouldn’t be stopped.
    We are agriculture based country so it will we hard to fulfill our own requirements if subsidy is stopped.
    it contributes 60% of GDP and it is the field with highest employment ratio than others.
    if the people ,feeding the population of country then who will come to this field as our farmers are not that good at capital investment.

  9. neet ahuja says:

    I do not believe stopping subsidy on agriculture is a good idea since it is not only the source of survival for many but also it is a major factor of our GDP. Subsidy would definitely help farmers to grow and thus our country will improve.

  10. piyoosh karkhur says:

    Agriculture subsides should not be stopped but must be handled in a proper way so that the real needy n poor farmer are able to get the financial stability because a wide part of Indian economy depend upon agriculture,,,,95% of farmer in our country comes under villages holding small land who are not able to do cultivation without subsidies.& We all know that agriculture input is crucial thing for cultivation of land and our farmer can not afford that much of costly input… It gives employment to many people of India belonging to rural areas. so according to me agriculture should not all banned.

  11. Pallavi Kaurav says:

    Agricultural Subsidies should not be stopped in my opinion because it will effect the common man in a negative way with increase in cost of daily necessities. I agree that the government should deal with the obstacles farmers in India are facing.We cannot think of stopping the agricultural subsidies because India is a developing country where more than 70% population depends on agriculture for its survival. Besides, most of the villagers are poor and illiterate. Subsidies given to them are an aid which reduce their incapability to become self-reliant. Also by giving them subsidies, government can make them satisfied and thus, motivates them to grow more and more so as to fulfill the need of hunger. When farmers get subsidies, they do their agricultural work with comparatively more diligence and thus, we get better produce. So, in our country we should not stop subsidies given to farmers.We all know that agriculture input is crucial thing for cultivation of land and our farmer can not afford that much of costly input… It gives employment to many people of India belonging to rural areas. so according to me agriculture should not all banned..

  12. Vaibhav Sharma says:

    stopping of the subsidy create an rise in the price of food product which effect not only common people but also business person. it directly effect on inflation of the food product which is high almost 7 % on the scale. if government will stop the subsidy which create more difference on the production of any kind of the crops.

    but i am not in the favor of providing full subsidy to the farmers there is one solution by creating the list of farmers who is richer and who’s yearly budget were more than certain value that list not only lowered the burden on government but also helpful for th price regulation. thus there are following solution and my view point is by providing subsidy only those farmers who deserve it not all of them who were not deserve.

  13. mahima sharma says:

    The simple answer to this question is a big ‘NO’. In a country where each day farmer’s are committing suicide because of their inability to pay back the loans taken, there is no reason to stop the subsidies, rather, it should be increased. But I feel these days there is a greater need to get rid of the pesticides and fertilizers based farming hence I feel that MORE SUBSIDIES to be given to farmers doing ORGANIC FARMING, the organic produce should have more minimum support price than the pesticides based produce.
    We cannot even think of stopping the agricultural subsidies because India is a developing country where more than 70% population depends on agriculture for its survival. Besides, most of the villagers are poor and illiterate. If Subsidies are stopped the common man will suffer a lot specially our vilagers will suffer the most becuse they are not capable to aford the cultivation without the susidies provided to tehm by government. subsidies given to them are an aid which reduce their incapability to become self-reliant. Also by giving them subsidies, government can make them satisfied and thus, motivates them to grow more and more so as to fulfill the need of hunger. When farmers get subsidies, they do their agricultural work with comparatively more efectively and properly and thus, we get better produce. So, in our country we should not stop subsidies given to farmers.
    By doing this government increase their moral and they take more interest in agriculture as its a good source of income for them. And also it directly helps our economy and we are able to keep your resource safe.

  14. sonu rathore says:

    AS THE TOPIC SAY THAT Should Agricultural Subsidies be stopped?
    so according to my view that the big mistake if agriculture subsidies be stopped then
    70% of our indian people are farmers so if the landing agriculture subsidies be stopped then our 70% people be without their home and their economy is0ZC83

  15. mriganka mahour says:

    agriculture subsidies should be provided to the farmers. because if the government provides subsidies to the farmers then they can grow crops. then can grow much crops. and due to growing much crops then then grains are provide much more. due to much more grow of grains their will be decrease in inflation. it can some load on government but government of India can bear this load. because due to some increment in the crops their will be increment in money. if government provide low price seeds to the farmers then can increase the grains. after that their can be decrement in inflation. then the rate of any product can be decreases. then it will sell will be more. it will have many benefits of every person.

  16. sonu rathore says:

    AS THE TOPIC SAY THAT Should Agricultural Subsidies be stopped?
    so according to my view that the big mistake if agriculture subsidies be stopped then
    70% of our indian people are farmers so if the landing agriculture subsidies be stopped then our 70% people be without their home and their economy is0

  17. Shubham Gupta says:

    60-70 % Indian population are living in villages and most of them depend upon farming for their survival…that’s why subsidy from government will help them for more and more number of production.if the agriculture subsidy is remove than farmer is not that much finacially good for agriculture farming .so i think that In place of removing subsidy , government should try to give more n more information about it through campaign , tv, radio or other means of communication so that they know more and utilize the benefit of it.

  18. anoop soni says:

    Agricultural Subsidies should not be stopped , because every one know that 68% of farmers family depends on the agriculture, if they stopped field work, there are 95% of people do not know ,how to prepare food without rice wheat or the eatable think.. government should pass load to farmers..in budget 2012-13 government invest 45 million dollar in army but 2000 core form farmer departmental fund.

  19. sonu rathore says:

    As the topic says that Should Agricultural Subsidies be stopped? so my view is that no
    because the70% economydia is from aggricultural field so for the main purpose of money Agricultural Subsidies not be stopped.

  20. vinay prajapati says:

    Agriculture subsidies should not at all banned because our country India is the land of agriculture and most of the employment are from that sectors only. Rather it should be encouraged so that gap between rich and poor gets reduced.

  21. Anand Shakya says:

    my opinion is that farmer are less educated but it is our country ribbe.
    so I agree that the govenment should deal with the obstacles farmers in India are facing.
    Agricultural Subsidies should not be stopped in my opinion because it will effect the common man in a negative way with increase in cost of daily necesities.

  22. shailendra singh sikarwar says:

    many people lived in village in our country who are not to do cultivation without subsidies. Agricultural Subsidies should not be stopped in my opinion because it will effect the common man in a negative way with increase in cost of daily necesities. No, certainly not because India is an agricultural country where the prime occupation of a large group of people is agriculture and in this Price booming time.

  23. yashram sharma says:

    No, certainly not because India is an agricultural country where the prime occupation of a large group of people is agriculture 60-70 % Indian population are living in villages and most of them depend upon farming for their survival…that’s why subsidy from government will help them for more and more number of production. because it will effect the common man in a negative way with increase in cost of daily necesities. I agree that the govenment should deal with the obstacles farmers in India are facing.

  24. mriganka mahour says:

    DELHI RAPE CASE
    Delhi rape case can be considered as rarest of rape case. In this case the girl and her friend was traveling in a private bus. but unfortunately the incident happened with them. the girl was raped by the six peoples and after that she was injured by the metal rod. she was die on 29th December. after suffers from 13 days of pain.my opinion is she deserve justice. not only she,even very girl deserve justice. it is shame full of our law that it is not care the girl on that country where girl are called goddess. the laws are for not only for citizens eve for the criminals. the rapist should be hanged to death. many peoples think it is the mistake of girl, but it is not always true. the girls of India has equal rights to travel any where.

  25. Ankur Jalwankar says:

    If foundation is not furnished well then how can a building perfectly structured. As an agril. Economics student I think that all 3 sectors are vital for economy development and there should be a balance among the growth of these sectors. But according to trends agriculture is still far backward to the other sectors. So obviously its need extra care and nourishment because still more than 60 per cent people live in rural areas and 58 per cent population engaged in agriculture. Subsidy should provide but its channelization should be in a proper manner.we get better produce so in our country we should not stop subsidies given to farmars.

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